pickOkay, I LOVED this book. I initially bought it because it‘s an interesting concept. Romeo and Juliet aren‘t really dead?!?! Whaaa?!? It had all the elements I love in a story. Sarcasm, badass female protagonist, mystery, and a teeny tiny bit of gore. I found myself reading it slowly because I never wanted it to end. I can‘t wait for the follow up novel (it won‘t come out til June 😭). It was a fun read!
Apparently the #bookspin gods want me to read some Shakespeare adaptations this month. I'm down
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A glooming peace this morning with it brings.
The sun for sorrow will not show his head.
Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things;
Some shall be pardon‘d and some punished;
For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
Exeunt omnes.
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pick“The quick anger of these men was not useful.” I do love a retelling and this one - or rather, an “untelling” - is a good one. For what happens before Romeo meets Juliet? What passes between Romeo and fair Rosaline? Here we find out in all its gory, unpleasant detail. I‘m coming at this as a lover of historical fiction, not a Shakespeare scholar. In that context, great as a retelling, equally good as standalone historical fiction.
pickPretty good reading month in august
so-soI was intrigued by the premise - if Romeo & Juliet had lived… and what if Verona‘s most famous couple-in-love‘s firstborn avoided getting married like it‘s her job… what would happen? Ultimately, it was slow to start and felt a little off with some language used…. I was slightly more engaged towards the end, but I won‘t continue with the series.
